Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was the eightteenth edition of the contest. It took place at the TVP Headquarters, Warsaw, Poland on 29 November 2020, Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) was the host broadcaster for the event.[6] The motto for the contest was "Move The World".

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
#MoveTheWorld!
Dates
Final29 November 2020
Host
VenueTVP Headquarters, Warsaw, Poland[1][2]
Presenter(s)
  • Ida Nowakowska
  • Małgorzata Tomaszewska
  • Rafał Brzozowski
Executive supervisorMartin Österdahl[3]
Executive producerMarta Piekarska[4]
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/poland-2020
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countries Germany
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  •  Albania
  •  Armenia
  •  Australia
  •  Ireland
  •  Italy
  •  North Macedonia
  •  Portugal
  •  Wales
Vote
Voting systemThe professional jury of each country awards a set of 12, 10, 8-1 points to 10 songs. Viewers around the world vote for 3 songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50% of all votes.[5]
Winning song France
"J'imagine"

Results

On 8 September 2020, it was confirmed that twelve countries would take part in the contest. Germany would make their first appearance, while Albania, Australia, Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia, Portugal and Wales would not return, having participated in 2019.[7]

Armenia withdrew from the contest on 5 November 2020 due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, reducing the number of participating countries to 12.[8]

Draw[9] Country[7] Artist[10] Song[10] Language(s) Place[11] Points[11] Location
01  Germany Susan "Stronger with You" German, English 12 66 Hamburg[12]
02  Kazakhstan Karakat Bashanova "Forever" Kazakh, English 2 152 Almaty[13]
03  Netherlands Unity "Best Friends" Dutch, English 4 132 Aalsmeer[14]
04  Serbia Petar Aničić "Heartbeat" Serbian, English 11 85 Warsaw.[15]
05  Belarus Arina Pehtereva "Aliens" Russian, English 5 130 Minsk[16]
06  Poland Ala Tracz "I'll Be Standing" Polish, English 9 90 Warsaw[15]
07  Georgia Sandra Gadelia "You Are Not Alone" Georgian, English 6 111 Tbilisi[17]
08  Malta Chanel Monseigneur "Chasing Sunsets" English 8 100 Warsaw[15]
09  Russia Sofia Feskova "My New Day" Russian, English 10 88 Moscow[18]
10  Spain Soleá "Palante" Spanish 3 133 Madrid[19]
11  Ukraine Oleksandr Balabanov "Vidkryvai (Open Up)" (Відкривай) Ukrainian, English 7 106 Warsaw[15]
12  France Valentina Tronel "J'imagine" French 1 200 Paris[20]

Score sheet
Voting results[21]
Voting procedure used:
  100% jury vote
  100% online voting
Total score
Online voting
Germany
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Serbia
Belarus
Poland
Georgia
Malta
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
France
Contestants
 Germany 66 3952322526
Kazakhstan 152 693810103121012474
Netherlands 132 641274586621053
Serbia 85 503445231112
Belarus 130 5771211212376562
Poland 90 442658288421
Georgia 111 4251065151712125
Malta 100 4917166101748
Russia 88 446438433310
Spain 133 73102106771458
Ukraine 106 5441231071087
France 200 112881271214128610

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3  Belarus Kazakhstan,  Poland,  Serbia
 France Belarus,  Malta,  Netherlands
2  Georgia Spain,  Ukraine
 Kazakhstan Georgia,  Russia
1  Netherlands Germany
 Serbia France

Spokespersons

The following people announced the jury 12 points for their respective country:

  1.  Germany – Olivia
  2.  Kazakhstan – Saniya Zholzhaksynova[22]
  3.  Netherlands – Robin de Haas[23]
  4.  Serbia – Darija Vračević[24]
  5.  Belarus – Ksenia Galetskaya[25]
  6.  Poland – Marianna Józefina Piątkowska[26]
  7.  Georgia – Marita Khvedelidze[27]
  8.  Malta – Leah Mifsud[28]
  9.  Russia – Mikella Abramova and Khryusha[29]
  10.  Spain – Melani García[30]
  11.  Ukraine – Sophia Ivanko[31]
  12.  France – Nathan Laface

References
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  13. "Казахстанская исполнительница Каракат Башанова готовится к гранд-финалу "Junior Eurovision"". Qazaq TV. 27 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  14. "Maud gaat met Unity voor 'Douze Points'". aalsmeervandaag.nl. 27 November 2020. Leuk voor Maud is dat de opname plaats vond in de studio's van Crown. Dat was dus een thuiswedstrijd voor haar.
  15. Stojanović, Nikola (28 October 2020). "Four Countries Are Going To Record Their JESC Performances At TVP?". ESCBubble. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. (...) four countries are going to record their performances at TVP those countries are Poland, Serbia, Ukraine and Malta.
  16. Granger, Anthony (2 November 2020). "Belarus: Arina Pehtereva Will Film Junior Eurovision Performance Tomorrow". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Arina Pehtereva will film her performance of "Aliens" for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 tomorrow in Minsk.
  17. Granger, Anthony (26 November 2020). "Junior Eurovision 2020 Rehearsal Diaries – Georgia – Sandra Gadelia – You Are Not Alone". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Sandra Gadelia recorded her performance for the contest in Tbilisi at the GPB studios.
  18. Granger, Anthony (24 November 2020). "Junior Eurovision 2020 Rehearsal Diaries – Russia – Sofia Feskova – My New Day". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. The recording of the Russian performance took place in Moscow at the end of October.
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  20. Granger, Anthony (26 November 2020). "Junior Eurovision 2020 Rehearsal Diaries – France – Valentina – J'imagine". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. The French performance was recorded in Paris at the end of October.
  21. "Results of the Final of Poland 2020". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  22. Herbert, Emily (25 November 2020). "Kazakhstan: Saniya Zholzhaxynova Revealed as Junior Eurovision 2020 Spokesperson". Eurovoix.
  23. Farren, Neil (30 September 2020). "Netherlands: Robin Revealed as Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix.
  24. Farren, Neil (24 November 2020). "Serbia: Darija Vračević Revealed As Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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  27. Granger, Anthony (17 November 2020). "Georgia: Marita Khvedelidze Revealed as Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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